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- Wed Mar 30, 2022 12:28 am
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Victor Moses
- Replies: 194
- Views: 18998
Re: Victor Moses
Only when he was overlooked for England's senior team after nearly 30 appearances & 11 goals for the England youth teams article-2061753-0ECEF2A300000578-309_468x482.jpg Overlooked? Or when later considered again by England, had he already chosen to play for his "home country", the country of his b...
- Wed Mar 30, 2022 12:18 am
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Victor Moses
- Replies: 194
- Views: 18998
Re: Victor Moses
Did he clearly see himself as Nigerian or did he think that he would have more opportunities to play for Nigeria? It would seem he answered that question previously: “I waited for the opportunity to be invited to play for the national team of Nigeria and immediately they found me worthy, I did not ...
- Tue Mar 29, 2022 11:46 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Victor Moses
- Replies: 194
- Views: 18998
Re: Victor Moses
I'm not going to be dragged into an argument nor engage with this asinine litigation on a person's nationality (I only regrettably made a comment on the subject in response to a racist dog-whistle), and daveisaclaret is right in that we need to ignore these people, but I can't understand why the sm...
- Tue Mar 29, 2022 6:25 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Villa away
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1910
- Tue Mar 29, 2022 5:59 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Victor Moses
- Replies: 194
- Views: 18998
Re: Victor Moses
Well them Townsend is English and Higginbotham is English. The point is it's not just as simple as where you were born or who you played for Terry Butcher, Raheem Sterling, John Barnes, Marc Guehi, Owen Hargreaves... all born outside of England All the above players you've mentioned were born outsi...
- Tue Mar 29, 2022 8:54 am
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Victor Moses
- Replies: 194
- Views: 18998
Re: Victor Moses
He was born in Nigeria.Roosterbooster wrote: ↑Tue Mar 29, 2022 8:50 amAndy Townsend pretends he's Irish.
And Danny Higginbotham played for Gibraltar....
I'm not sure this method really works
See if that method works......
- Tue Mar 29, 2022 8:53 am
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Victor Moses
- Replies: 194
- Views: 18998
Re: Victor Moses
Only when he was overlooked for England's senior team after nearly 30 appearances & 11 goals for the England youth teams article-2061753-0ECEF2A300000578-309_468x482.jpg Overlooked? Or when later considered, had he already chosen to play for his "home country", the country of his birth at senior le...
- Tue Mar 29, 2022 12:26 am
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Victor Moses
- Replies: 194
- Views: 18998
Re: Victor Moses
Just to confirm. Here's another photograph of VM playing international football for his chosen home country.
- Tue Mar 29, 2022 12:21 am
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Victor Moses
- Replies: 194
- Views: 18998
Re: Victor Moses
Not a single person on this thread has suggested he is not Nigerian. Quelle surprise, Ringo misses the point. Oh come off it you bigot. The lad came to the UK when he was a child. He was granted asylum after both his parents were murdered in some religious riot. He's Nigerian, but his home is the U...
- Mon Mar 28, 2022 9:32 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Victor Moses
- Replies: 194
- Views: 18998
Re: Victor Moses
It’s entirely his own choice where he feels he belongs it’s not down to you or me or anybody else to say England is his own country he might personally feel Nigeria is, we shouldn’t be trying to speak for somebody else or try to conclude on their behalf. Looks like VM decided what nationality he hi...
- Fri Mar 25, 2022 12:23 am
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Russia Invades
- Replies: 10735
- Views: 820299
Re: Russia Invades
Trump went to the UN in 2018 and called out countries for relying on Russian oil. The German delegation was caught on camera laughing at him for saying "Germany will become totally dependent on Russian Energy" https://www.reddit.com/r/indianews/comments/t8wawd/trump_went_to_the_un_and_called_out_cou...
- Thu Mar 24, 2022 10:14 am
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Russia Invades
- Replies: 10735
- Views: 820299
Re: Russia Invades
There are some seriously wicked people out there. How can they sink so low ? https://uk.news.yahoo.com/vigilantes-stalk-ukraine-border-sex-060051253.html This low - https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10614551/Ukrainian-18-year-old-refugee-gang-raped-two-men-board-German-hotel-ship.html Ukrain...
- Mon Mar 21, 2022 9:20 am
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Andrew Marr
- Replies: 37
- Views: 3894
Re: Andrew Marr
Not playing today Edward I'm a busy man, but the BBC!? You're havin' a laughevensteadiereddie wrote: ↑Mon Mar 21, 2022 9:11 amNo, they'd be quite happy to see our so=called leaders called to account and not protected from difficult questions.
- Mon Mar 21, 2022 9:17 am
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Andrew Marr
- Replies: 37
- Views: 3894
Re: Andrew Marr
Aye, "educated" folk, wi' thur books and thur words an' whatnot. Fath'r sed gran'fath'r worked down't gravy mine when he weren't bouncin' him or his mum off tut' walls and fath'r sed he was t't cleverest bloke fath'r even knewd so 'e sed. And fath'r used t'work down't gravy mine, too. He was t't cl...
- Sun Mar 20, 2022 10:58 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Andrew Marr
- Replies: 37
- Views: 3894
Re: Andrew Marr
The funny thing is that if the interviewers at the BBC - or elsewhere for that matter - gave our useless leaders even half the **** they deserve, half the posters on here would soon be squealing about bias and unfairness...................... Yeah, while at the same time, the other half would be de...
- Sun Mar 20, 2022 10:54 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Like Hebden Bridge but cheaper!
- Replies: 106
- Views: 7724
Re: Like Hebden Bridge but cheaper!
You mean the village hall 😉 I do indeed! Forgot it was called that. Sounds very grand. My oldest lives in settle and works in "Gigg" so I'm often up and around your neck of the woods . I try and remind him he's lucky to live in such a nice part of the world. He was always wanting to go to the brigh...
- Sun Mar 20, 2022 10:22 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Like Hebden Bridge but cheaper!
- Replies: 106
- Views: 7724
Re: Like Hebden Bridge but cheaper!
I know Ian (not a bad centre half for Hellifield FC) was at School with his older brother John ... their Dad could sing too, used to do the local pubs and clubs back in the 60's 🙂 Thought you may know him . A nice lad to be fair and I played with him in a lads v dads game once and he was half decen...
- Sun Mar 20, 2022 10:13 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Like Hebden Bridge but cheaper!
- Replies: 106
- Views: 7724
Re: Like Hebden Bridge but cheaper!
Has the OP considered Burnley? It would probably take around the desired 30-50 minute train travel time if he was to start at Burnley Barracks, then on to Burnley Central, before finally arriving at Burnley Manchester Road. To be fair, when you read the OP's original requirements, it's a decent sho...
- Sun Mar 20, 2022 10:05 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Like Hebden Bridge but cheaper!
- Replies: 106
- Views: 7724
Re: Like Hebden Bridge but cheaper!
Alan is a couple of years older than me he used to live in LP as he was brought up there ... I used to knock about with his younger brothers Edwin and Andrew (Still see Andy in the pub Friday evenings 🙂) Funnily enough I was actually born in Hellifield but my family moved to LP when I was 18 months...
- Sun Mar 20, 2022 11:43 am
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Andrew Marr
- Replies: 37
- Views: 3894
Re: Andrew Marr
The BBC !?
- Sun Mar 20, 2022 11:42 am
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Like Hebden Bridge but cheaper!
- Replies: 106
- Views: 7724
Re: Like Hebden Bridge but cheaper!
Can anyone recommend anywhere affordable that is in a nice area and is a 30 to 50min train journey from the Accrington/Burnley area? It is for a 2nd home and needs to be either in a scenic inland area with things to do close like Hebden Bridge but preferably in an up and coming undervalued area!......
- Sun Mar 20, 2022 11:35 am
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Like Hebden Bridge but cheaper!
- Replies: 106
- Views: 7724
Re: Like Hebden Bridge but cheaper!
Kick one in Hellifield ... They all Limp 😉... Joking really because I am an LP resident ... its not quite Blackburn/Burnley rivalry ... but was when we were kids in the 60's on youth club nights 😉) In the short time I lived there I got friendly with fellow claret Alan Proctor. Car shared with him f...
- Sat Mar 19, 2022 7:11 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Like Hebden Bridge but cheaper!
- Replies: 106
- Views: 7724
- Sat Mar 19, 2022 7:07 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Who is this central midfielder people speak of?
- Replies: 34
- Views: 2855
Re: Who is this central midfielder people speak of?
Steven Defour.
"How come it seems to go, that you don't know what you had till its gone......"
"How come it seems to go, that you don't know what you had till its gone......"
- Wed Mar 16, 2022 8:20 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: REM at the BBC
- Replies: 23
- Views: 2332
Re: REM at the BBC
I'm not imaging things then , he did indeed play !TheOriginalLongsider wrote: ↑Wed Mar 16, 2022 5:33 pmThe milkman of human kindness definitely played although his mic wasn’t plugged in for the first few songs
Thanks for the confirmation
- Wed Mar 16, 2022 12:48 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Russia Invades
- Replies: 10735
- Views: 820299
Re: Russia Invades
Rob Rinder has been reporting live on Talkradio since Friday. He's been in Lviv describing the situation at the border for those evacuees , elderly, the infirm, women , children and babes in arms. Today he moved to Krakow, the closest large city to the border with a British embassy. An embassy where...
- Wed Mar 16, 2022 12:41 am
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: REM at the BBC
- Replies: 23
- Views: 2332
Re: REM at the BBC
I was there as well. The Ramones also played. A great day out. Me too. Milton Keynes was wasn't as glamorous as it sounded . It was just a sloped field (muddy) on the day. Watched the Ramones and Spear of Destiny (did Billy Bragg play or am I imaging it?) then thumbed it back home. Regret not stick...
- Sun Mar 13, 2022 11:32 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: REM at the BBC
- Replies: 23
- Views: 2332
Re: REM at the BBC
Remember watching an interview with Michael Stipe.
The REM front man was sounding disgruntled by his belief that whenever he'd been in a karaoke bar he'd never seen anyone do an REM song.
The sympathetic answer to his bewilderment was, "nobody sings or sounds like you do,"........
The REM front man was sounding disgruntled by his belief that whenever he'd been in a karaoke bar he'd never seen anyone do an REM song.
The sympathetic answer to his bewilderment was, "nobody sings or sounds like you do,"........
- Sat Mar 12, 2022 8:38 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Jack Cork
- Replies: 292
- Views: 29168
Re: Jack Cork
Thought Cork’s legs had gone? But he needs to come back in as we must find the winning formula at some point between now and the end of the season. Lowton in for Roberts is a total no-brainer too. Even IF , and that's a big if , Jack's legs had gone. He's got a footballing brain and that gives you ...
- Sat Mar 12, 2022 4:54 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Brentford versus MIGHTY CLARETS
- Replies: 534
- Views: 22267
- Fri Mar 11, 2022 7:18 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: John Toshack very ill
- Replies: 26
- Views: 5064
Re: John Toshack very ill
Fabulous news .
When we had Danny Ings and Big Sam , their movement and almost telepathic interaction always reminded me of Big John Toshack and Kevin Keegan .
When we had Danny Ings and Big Sam , their movement and almost telepathic interaction always reminded me of Big John Toshack and Kevin Keegan .
- Fri Mar 11, 2022 7:09 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Russia Invades
- Replies: 10735
- Views: 820299
Re: Russia Invades
Don't know if it's previously posted but just been said on TV that the Russians have lost another top general who was on the front line. Reporter said it was highly unusual for a third , I think it was , senior Commander in such circumstances.
- Fri Mar 11, 2022 6:59 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: 1 from 4
- Replies: 61
- Views: 5046
Re: 1 from 4
Nick Pope to make several key saves tomorrow.
- Fri Mar 11, 2022 1:13 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Russia Invades
- Replies: 10735
- Views: 820299
Re: Russia Invades
NEXTA reporting the anchorman for Russian Chanel 1 prime time show has left Russia with his family and is thought to be heading to Israel. https://twitter.com/nexta_tv/status/1502266048296456201?s=21 Don't know if it's been mentioned previously, but according to a few sources on Talkradio, one of t...
- Fri Mar 11, 2022 12:09 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: 1 from 4
- Replies: 61
- Views: 5046
Re: 1 from 4
Done an incredible job. Will be safe by the time we play them and hopefully Wood Howe and Tripps relax their intensity a touch… Absolutely. I'd previously looked at out final fixture with some trepidation, but hopefully the claret connection may play a part and , by then, they'll already be on the ...
- Fri Mar 11, 2022 11:17 am
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: 1 from 4
- Replies: 61
- Views: 5046
Re: 1 from 4
Newcastle have now gone on their longest winless run and longest unbeaten run (nine games) in over a decade, all in the same season. A fact that epitomises the club’s turnaround under Howe.
Fair play to Eddie
Fair play to Eddie
- Thu Mar 10, 2022 11:43 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Abramovich sanctioned by UK
- Replies: 108
- Views: 7207
Re: Abramovich sanctioned by UK
I'll take the compliment in the spirit it was made. Fair play and thank you.fidelcastro wrote: ↑Thu Mar 10, 2022 7:27 pmVery well said, Ringo!
Perhaps it's not true what the majority on here say about you after all!
- Thu Mar 10, 2022 4:46 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Abramovich sanctioned by UK
- Replies: 108
- Views: 7207
- Thu Mar 10, 2022 1:03 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Abramovich sanctioned by UK
- Replies: 108
- Views: 7207
Re: Abramovich sanctioned by UK
The majority of these "diamond geezers" are no different to the people on here where watching their football club is a big part of their life and for some it probably plays a large factor in managing their mental health and wellbeing. Abramovich is the problem not the normal football fan and I find...
- Thu Mar 10, 2022 12:42 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Russia Invades
- Replies: 10735
- Views: 820299
Re: Russia Invades
Without sounding defeatist, the more I read, the more I learn - I see no way this doesn't end in World War. I am so ambivalent about anything but my family right now. Seeing Chelsea fans kicking and screaming on social media that their repugnant owner has been sanctioned isn't even giving me joy. E...
- Thu Mar 10, 2022 10:49 am
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Abramovich sanctioned by UK
- Replies: 108
- Views: 7207
Re: Abramovich sanctioned by UK
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- Tue Mar 08, 2022 10:48 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Leasing a car
- Replies: 16
- Views: 2105
Re: Leasing a car
It's a well known fact that the very best handling car is a hire car.
- Mon Mar 07, 2022 10:18 am
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Russia Invades
- Replies: 10735
- Views: 820299
Re: Russia Invades
I've made my point so thats me done.
- Mon Mar 07, 2022 10:16 am
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Russia Invades
- Replies: 10735
- Views: 820299
Re: Russia Invades
I get the impression that some people just look at the username, and take offence, without actually reading what has been said Again , thanks for your comment. All I've done is express what I feel the vast vast majority of fair and right minded people see , think and say about the heartbreaking hum...
- Mon Mar 07, 2022 10:08 am
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Russia Invades
- Replies: 10735
- Views: 820299
Re: Russia Invades
Cheers for that, appreciate it.Top Claret wrote: ↑Mon Mar 07, 2022 8:37 amSome excellent posts from Ringo with the usual response from the wets who make up the majority on this board.
Well done Ringo
- Mon Mar 07, 2022 12:15 am
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Russia Invades
- Replies: 10735
- Views: 820299
Re: Russia Invades
Apologies. Forgot. That's your job.
- Mon Mar 07, 2022 12:12 am
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Russia Invades
- Replies: 10735
- Views: 820299
Re: Russia Invades
Finally tonight. Please lets not bicker, we have plenty of threads for that. I and have noticed others are willing to discuss more or less anything but wind ups really does everyone with a genuine interest a disturbance. I will finish this by saying I’ve been very impressed by both our political le...
- Mon Mar 07, 2022 12:11 am
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Russia Invades
- Replies: 10735
- Views: 820299
Re: Russia Invades
Some people simply cannot handle The Truth.
Good night y"all
Good night y"all
- Mon Mar 07, 2022 12:05 am
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Russia Invades
- Replies: 10735
- Views: 820299
Re: Russia Invades
Not my accusation against them - but we’ve paid millions keeping evacuees out, from various war-zones but the Ukrainians are just like us…. I can hear the criticism as I type. On the other hand; there’s even an argument why would anyone want to travel across Europe rather than stay close to relatio...
- Sun Mar 06, 2022 11:57 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Russia Invades
- Replies: 10735
- Views: 820299
Re: Russia Invades
Just go away Ringo. You're one-note. Nobody appreciates you posting on this thread. The temptation , that I'll resist, would be to say "just go away Spiral" . However, I'll just let you waffle on and see if you can do what you managed to do previously. Which was. Attempt to lecture me on spelling a...